Dispenser for tapes



Dec. 27, 1932. H. H. WANDERS DISPENSER FOR TAPES Filed May 20, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

ms H. WANDERS, F HINGHAI, MASSACHUSETTS DISPENSER FOB- TAPES Application fled Kay 20,

This application relates to a device fordispensing strips of flexible material such as plain, perforated or scalloped tape, postage stamps, labels, cut-out objects bonded together in continuous strip form, etc., all hereinafter inclusively referred to as tape.

An object of the invention is to provide the container with portions which engage the tape in such a manner as to prevent the retraction of the free end into the container, so that the free end is always ready for engagement by advancement by the thumb of the operator.

While the container may be of any desired size and shape to accommodate the size and amount of the supply of strip material to be dispensed, I may provide for strips or tape of a width of an inch or so, a container adapted to fit readily into the cup of the operators hand so that the thumb of the operator may be conveniently placed for advancing the free end of the strip or tape to be grasped by the other hand.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container which is simple-and easy to assemble. a

Further advantageous features will be apparent to one skilled in the art from the disclosure of the invention in the description 30 thereof which follows and on the drawing,

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Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention showing such device in use.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows in perspective the component parts of the device together with a ty ical roll of tape for use therein.

igure 4 is a sectional view on the line H of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section on Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a sectional view of a 'difierent 45 form of the invention.

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Figure 7 is a perspective view of a pair of parts employed in the form of the invention shown in Figure 6.

The device comprises essentially a box 10 having a bottom 11 and side wall 12, This, of course, may be of any desired or convenient size and shape suitable for a suppl of ta e which,.as shown in Figure 3, may be in t e form of a roll 13. The side wall 12 may have an aperture 14 at one point therein to permit the free end 15 of the roll of tape to be drawn edgewise out of the box 10. The box 10 may also be provided with a lower guide lip 16' projecting laterally therefrom. This lip may include a tongue 17 extending from the base 00 11 on which a guiding member 18 is located, this guiding member having a substantially vertical surface 20 starting adjacent to the opening 14 and taperingdown toward the outer end of the tongue 17. The member 18 is also provided with a second sloping guidin surface 21 which is connected with the guiding face 20 by a rounded edge 22, the surface 21 widening as it descends until it terminates adjacent the outer end of the tongue 17. The box 10 is preferably provided with a cover 25 having a ownwardly extending flange 26 adapted to fit snugly overthe side wall 12 and to be held frlctionally inplace thereon so that the box and its cover are axially nested. From this flange 26 rojects laterally an upper guiding lip 27 which is twisted from a. vertical planetoahorizontal plane, the outer end 28 of this lip being adapted to be flush with the outer end of the tongue 17. A shallow recess 30 is provided in the under face of the lip 27 so that when this lip fits down over and in juxtaposition to the guide member 18 there will be suflicient clearance between the two lips to form a passage for the tape leaving the box or container. The upper lip 27 is also preferably provided with an elongated aperture 31 through which the thumb of the operator may engage the free end portion of the tape so as to advance more or less resilient so that the same beyond the ends of theguiding lips in order that the end of the tape may be asped for the 'withdrawal of any desired ength of tape from the container.

As illustrated in Figure 1, the device is adapted for use in its ordinary position of rest, that is, when on its bottom. The flat cylindrical case is easily and conveniently grasped, the tape emerging horizontally adacent to the surface to which it is to be applied. The guiding nozzle rojects but a short distance from the cylin rical casing, so that the article as a whole is compact.

Most varieties of tape, particularly tapes having an adhesive on the face thereof, are the twisting of a relatively short length of the tape as it passes over the guiding surfaces 20 and 21 from its edgewise position in the aperture 14 to its fiatwise position atthe ends of the lips, causes a sutficient frictional engagement between the portion of the tape within the guiding passage and the adjacent walls of the passage to prevent the natural tendency of the free ,end of the tape to retract into the container. Thus the end portion of the tape is always held in readiness to be advanced from the feeding nozzle b the guiding lips.

In order to maintain t e lips positively in suitable registry, I may provide a small pin on one lip, this pin being adapted to fit into a suitable recess 36 on the other lip. Furthermore, on the lower ii I may also provide a suitable upstanding auge 37 extending on the tongue 17 along the base of the guiding surface 20 so as to confine the tape positively within the feeding passage and to prevent the tape from working out loosely under the lower side edge of the upper tongue 27 The cover is easily removable with the upper tongue for the replacement or renewal of the roll 13 of tape. After a fresh roll of tape has been inserted the free end is held over the guiding surfaces 20 and 21 while the cover is replaced on the box, whereupon the device is ready for further use.

Figure 6 shows in section a slight modification. Instead of the box 10 with its side wall 12 and cover 25, I may provide a base 40 on which a cover' 41 with a downwardly depending flange 42 is mounted. The cover 41 is rovided, as before, with an upper gui ing tongue 27, the base plate 40 having an extension 17 on which is supported a guiding member 18, as hereinbefore described. Instead of relying on frictional engagement between the box and cover to hold these parts together, I ma employ a screw 43 projecting downwardly tlirough a central boss 44 in the to of the cover 41. The screw 43 may have a Enurled head 45 to facilitate turning, the upper portion of the screw being plain where it passes through the boss 44. The lower portion 46 of the screw is threaded for threaded engagement with a boss 47 extending from ing a container for a supply of tape, and a feeding nozzle extending therefrom having a narrow orifice for the passage of tape therethrough, said nozzle including portions torsionally deforming and frictionally engaging the terminal portion of said tape to prevent retraction of said portion into the container.

2. A device for dispensing tape, comprising a container having portions enclosing a chamber adapted to hold a su p1 of tape, and other portions enclosing a disc arge passage from said chamber for the eduction of tape therefrom, said passage forming portions being arranged to torsionall deform and frictionally engage the terminal portion of the ta terminal portion into said chamber.

3. A device for dispensing tape, comprising a box adapted to hold a roll of tape, and a nozzle projecting from said box and shaped to twist the tape in the nozzle through a quarter turn.

4. A device for dispensing tape, comprising a container for a supply of tape, having an opening through which the free end of the tape may be moved, and means projecting from the container for twisting the tape through a quarter turn after it leaves the container.

5. A device for dispensing tape, comprising a container for a supply of tape, having an opening through which the free end portion of the tape may be moved, and means for imparting a twist to the portion of the tape after leaving said opening.

6.- A device for dispensing tape comprising a box having an aperture in the side thereof and a lower guiding lip projecting from the box adjacent to said aperture, and a cover for said box having an upper lip adapted to fit over the lower lip and to form therewith a guiding passage for tape leaving said box, said lips being shaped to twist the tape as it passes through said passage.

7 A device for dispensing tape, comprising a box adapted to hold a roll of tape flat-- wise, said box having an aperture in its side to prevent the withdrawal of tape therefrom on edge, a lower guiding lip extending from said box adjacent to said aperture, and a cover for said box having an upper guiding lip fitting on and cooperating with said lower lip to form a guiding passage for the tape, said passage being shaped to twist the tape a quarter turn from its edgewise position in said aperpe to prevent retraction of said position as it emerges from inwardly of the marginal edge thereof, and a second member having a top and a cylindrical side wall nesting with the other said side wall and restin on said bottom, said side walls each having an opening registering with the other to provide a lateral passage for the discharge of tape, and a guide adjacent to said openings projecting outwardly from said side walls, said guide having therein a passage for tape adapted to twist the tape passin therethrough.

10. dispenser for tape and the like, comrising a container adapted to rest on its ottom and to hold a supply of tape or the like on edge with respect to said bottom, and a guide projecting laterally from said container, said guide having an inner orifice to receive said tape on edge and an outer orifice to discharge said tape in a plane parallel to the bottom of the container.

11. A dispenser for tape or the like, comprising a fiat cylindrical box adapted to rest on one of its plane ends as a bottom and to hold a roll of tape or the like with its axis perpendicular to said end so that the tape is on edge, and a guide projecting laterally from I said box and terminating in a narrow deliv-' ery orifice substantially parallel to the plane of the bottom of the box.

12. A dispenser for tape and the like, comprising a flat container adapted to rest on one of its broad faces as a bottom and to hold a supply of tape or the like therein on edge and a guide projecting laterally from sai container and terminating in a narrow delivery orifice substantially in the plane of the bottom of the container.

13. A dispenser for tape and the like, comprising a receptacle for a supply of tape, said receptacle having a substantially vertical delivery slot in the side thereof, and a guide adapted to receive tape from said slot, said guide having a narrow, substantially horizontal delivery orifice.

14. A dispenser for tape and the like, comprising a pair of cylindrical cup-shaped members adapted to telescope together toform a flat cylindrical case, said members each having a projection therefrom cooperating to form a guide with 'a passageway therein terminating at its inner end in a substantially vertical slot and at its outer end in a substantialy horizontal slot.

15. A device for dispensing tape or the like, comprising a substantially cylindrical casin composed of two axially nested cup-sha members, and an element projecting laterally from each said member, said projectin elements being in juxtaposition when sai members are nested and cooperating to form a narrow discharge orifice and a ideway from the interior of the casing to'sald orifice.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

HANS H. WANDERS. 

